The Neumiller Stories (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Larry Woiwode
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Time of Work: The 1930’s to the 1960’s
- Setting: Rural Illinois and North Dakota; New York City and Chicago
- Principal Characters: Charles Neumiller, Martin Neumiller, Alpha Neumiller, Jerome, Charles, Katherine, Tim, Marie, Susan
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Rural or country life, Midwest, Death or dying, Grandparents or grandchildren, Carpentry or carpenters, Sales personnel, Insurance
- Locales: New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Illinois, North Dakota
The Neumiller Stories is a collection of thirteen short stories arranged by date of composition: five from 1964- 1967, five from 1968-1972, and three from 1982-1989. The last three have not been collected before; the first ten, all of which were first published in The New Yorker, were incorporated with significant revisions into Larry Woiwode’s second novel, Beyond the Bedroom Wall (1975). The stories vary in length—from five to forty-five pages—as well as in quality.
What holds the stories together—what makes this more than merely another collection...
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